The Effect of Consumer Characteristics and Behaviour on Pork Consumption in Malta. A Quantitative Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-58
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Abela
Keyword(s):  
Peer Influence ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pork Consumption

The pig industry in Malta is important for the local economy and food safety. As is reported in Galli et al. (2016), Maltese people eat protein-rich diets although the Agriculture and Fisheries Census 2014 issued by the National Statistics Office reports a decrease in the number of pigs being bred on the island. This paper intends to analyse the pattern of Maltese consumer behaviour regarding pork consumption, eliciting the crucial factors affecting local consumption. This study forms part of an ongoing research studying the characteristics and behaviours of the Maltese pork consumer aimed to help the stakeholders in the industry to focus their strength on what is really expected by the consumers. Data was obtained through an online survey with questions/statements related to the demographic characteristics of the respondent, several Likert scale statements to analyse the purchase behaviour, and finally two questions to obtain the respondents’ weekly pork consumption. The research tool was tested for its reliability through an SPSS test, obtaining a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.534. Data was reduced through Factor Analysis, from 17 factors to 5. The VARIMAX test was used to carry out the rotation necessary to reduce data. A resultant 5 factors gave 63% of the total variance in only 6 iterations and this was shown clearly in the scree plot. These five factors were named Product Quality, Peer Influence, Health Issues, Ethnocentrism, and Product Information. Statements found in the research tool were grouped according to their respective new factor and were analysed for their normality. Since the number of respondents was fewer than 100, the Shapiro Wilk test was used to determine if the data has a normal or non-normal distribution. All 5 new factors resulted skewed and therefore the Spearman Correlation test was used to test for the relationship between the Independent variables and the Dependant variables, between the Independent variables themselves, and between the Independent variables and the demographic information gathered. The correlation resulted significant in one Independent variable versus the Dependant variable, in 4 results between the Independent variables themselves, and in 4 results with regard to the relationship between the Independent variables and the Demographic factors. These results give a better picture of the local purchasing behaviour in relation to pork consumption as no previous study in this regard has been published locally before. It is intended to continue studying this phenomenon in the near future by increasing the sample size and making changes to the research tool in order to improve its reliability.

scholarly journals Politics of Nostalgia and Populism: Evidence from Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Ezgi Elçi
Keyword(s):  
Direct Effect ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Party Preference ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This article scrutinizes the relationship between collective nostalgia and populism. Different populist figures utilize nostalgia by referring to their country's ‘good old’ glorious days and exploiting resentment of the elites and establishment. Populists instrumentalize nostalgia in order to create their populist heartland, which is a retrospectively constructed utopia based on an abandoned but undead past. Using two original datasets from Turkey, this study first analyzes whether collective nostalgia characterizes populist attitudes of the electorate. The results illustrate that collective nostalgia has a significantly positive relationship with populist attitudes even after controlling for various independent variables, including religiosity, partisanship, satisfaction with life and Euroscepticism. Secondly, the study tests whether nostalgic messages affect populist attitudes using an online survey experiment. The results indicate that Ottoman nostalgia helps increase populist attitudes. Kemalist nostalgia, however, has a weak direct effect on populist attitudes that disappears after controlling for party preference.

scholarly journals KEPATUHAN WAJIB PAJAK MEMEDIASI DETERMINAN PENERIMAAN PAJAK PENGHASILAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
Rachmawati Meita Oktaviani ◽  
Pancawati Hardiningsih ◽  
Ceacilia Srimindari
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Income Tax Revenue

This study aims to examine and analyze the factors affecting income tax revenues with tax compliance as an intervening variable. The study consists of three independent variables that tax penalties, the service tax authorities, and awareness of the taxpayer. While this research is tied in income tax revenues and intervening variable is tax compliance.This study used purpose sampling technique and survey method with questionnaires in collecting data. Respondent were sampled in this study is an individual taxpayer who performs is 120 respondent in Semarang. Research data analysis using multiple analysis with the path analysis.The results showed that the variable tax penalties and service tax authorities an effect on tax compliance, awareness taxpayer has no effect on tax compliance, tax penalties, awareness of taxpayers and taxpayer compliance effect on income tax revenue, the service tax authorities had no effect on tax revenue income. Tax compliance successfully mediate the relationship between the variables of service tax authorities against income tax revenue. Tax compliance  not successfully mediate the relationship between the tax penalties and awareness taxpayer against income tax revenue.

scholarly journals Customer Satisfaction in Retail Banking Services in Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Phul Prasad Subedi
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Relationship

This research mainly focuses on analysing the factors affecting customer satisfaction in retail banking in Nepal. The study adopts descriptive and explorative research design to deal with the fundamental issues associated with various factors of customers’ satisfaction and retail banking. The study is based on questionnaire survey of 200 customers of 10 different “A” class financial institutions, i.e. commercial banks. Descriptive statistics, correlation coefficient and regression analysis have been applied to estimate the relationship between customer satisfaction as dependent variable and service quality variables as independent variables. The empirical evidences indicate that reliability, responsiveness, assurance and tangibles factors have positive and significant impact on customer satisfaction. It reveals that higher the level of responsiveness, reliability, assurance and tangibility higher would be the customer satisfaction.

An Empirical Examination of Saudi Consumers Attitudes Towards Online Shopping

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja Yahya Alsharief ◽  
Felwa Al-Saadi
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Variables

This paper aims to empirically examine Saudi consumers' attitudes towards online shopping. The papers test a framework that was developed to understand, evaluate and examine the different factors affecting consumer attitudes towards online shopping in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected using a non-probability sample of 1000 Saudi consumers'. The paper investigated several independent variables which were used in previous research studies and its relation with the dependent variable (online shopping attitude among Saudi consumers). The findings indicated that ease of use and reliability were positively related to attitude of consumer towards online shopping. The findings also illustrated a positive relationship between the research remaining independent variables (privacy and security, customer service, trust, product information, satisfaction) and online shopping attitude in KSA. The paper also provides a discussion of its limitations as well as direction for future research in the field.

scholarly journals Determinants of Credit Risk: Evidence From Commercial Banks in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-143
Author(s):  
Noor Hafizha Muhamad Yusuf ◽  
Mohamad Shukery Mohamad Shamsudin ◽  
Wan Mohd Yaseer Mohd Abdoh ◽  
Noor Sharida Badri Shah ◽  
Rozihanim Shekh Zain
Keyword(s):  
Credit Risk ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Panel Regression ◽  
Return On Equity ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Interest Income ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between microeconomic factors with credit risk among selected commercial banks in Malaysia. For this purpose, a sample of seven out of 27 commercial banks in Malaysia was selected and the microeconomic factors affecting credit risk with six measurements of return on asset (ROA), bank size, leverage, the ratio of capital, interest income and return on equity (ROE) were examined by applying Panel Regression Fixed Effect (FE) Model for a period 20 years from 1998 to 2017. The scope of the study covers seven selected commercial banks in Malaysia namely: Affin Bank Berhad, Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad, CIMB Bank Berhad, Hong Leong Bank Berhad, Malayan Banking Berhad, Public Bank Berhad and RHB Bank Berhad. This study is using credit risk proxy by non-performing loan for dependent variable while independent variables that have been selected were returned on asset (ROA), bank size, leverage, the ratio of capital, interest income and return on equity (ROE). The findings of the study managed to reject the null hypothesis for return on asset, bank size, leverage, interest income and return on equity which indicates the five microeconomic variables give a significant relationship with credit risk. There are positive relationships between leverage, interest income and return on equity with credit risk while return on asset, bank size and ratio of capital are negatively related to credit risk. However, the study fails to find any significant relationship between the ratio of capital and credit risk for commercial banks in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Analyzing the Factors Affecting Purchase Intention of Drugstore Beauty Products

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Regita Maharani ◽  
Christian Haposan Pangaribuan
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Intention To Purchase ◽  
Competitive Price ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Shopping Enjoyment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Beauty Products

Objective – The objective of this study is to identify the key elements of buying beauty products in drugstore chains, discuss the reasons and factors behind why these drugstore chains had become the customers’ preference to visit and purchase beauty products, and to find out the relation of store convenience of drugstore chains to purchase intention of their beauty products. Methodology – The method used in this research is quantitative using an online survey started in November 2020. From 132 distributed questionnaires using Google Form link, only 106 responses are valid. Findings – The results reveal that shopping enjoyment and competitive price to have a significant influence on intention to purchase. However, the relationship between convenience and purchase intention was not supported. Novelty – Previous studies have predominantly examined the main effect of shopping convenience on purchase intention. This study extends our understanding of this relationship by highlighting the non-significant result in the convenience–intention linkage.

scholarly journals ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI EKSPOR KOMIDITI NON MIGAS DI INDONESIA TAHUN 1985-2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Rauzatul Ulfa ◽  
Devi Andriyani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Regression Method ◽  
Linear Regression Method ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Method ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to analyze the Factors Affecting Non-Oil and Gas Commodity Exports in Indonesia in 1985-2017. The data used in this study are secondary data obtained from www.bps.go.id. The method used to analyze the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable is the multiple linear regression method. The results of the study partially showed that economic growth had a positive and significant effect on the exports of non-oil and gas commodities in Indonesia, the exchange rate and inflation did not affect the exports of non-oil and gas commodities in Indonesia. Simultaneously, the rate of economic growth and inflation had a positive and significant effect on non-oil and gas commodity exports in Indonesia.

scholarly journals AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DETERMINANTS OF WHEAT PRODUCTION SUPPORT IN IRAQ FOR THE PERIOD 1990-2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noori &Al-Hiyali
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Fair Price ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Inflation Rates ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Levels Of Support

This research was aimed to identify the most important factors affecting the production of wheat crop in Iraq for the period 1990-2016. The ARDL model was used to interpret the relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variables in the search. The research concluded that the continuous increases in the population would lead to increases in support to the wheat crop due to the increase in consumer demand for this crop, which prompts the state to try to encourage producers to achieve increases in production. The research also found that increases in inflation led to higher levels of support because rising inflation rates unfairly distribute income among individuals, therefore the government is moving to increase the volume of support to address this. The research recommended the need to determine the purchase prices in a way that guarantees a fair price for farmers to cover their costs and ensure a sufficient profit to stimulate production. All this will work positively to reduce imports and achieve self-sufficiency.

scholarly journals Business Trust and Communication as Predictors of Business Growth

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 1512-1522
Author(s):  
Stavros Kalogiannidis
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Growth Data ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Relationship

Increased globalization and competition in most industries has greatly changed the execution of different duties and responsibilities most especially the flow of communication in businesses. This has further affected the level of trust in most businesses most especially among the employees and between the business and customers. The main objective of the study was to investigate the effect if business communication and business trust on business growth. Data was collected using an online survey questionnaire from 100 employees of Intrasoft International in Greece. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS and Pearson’s rank correlation coefficient was based on to establish the relationship between variables. The level top which the independent variables predict the dependent variables was established using regression analysis. The study established a positive relationship between business communication and business. A significant and positive relationship was also confirmed between business trust and business growth.

scholarly journals Factors influencing accounting conservatism in banks: the UAE case

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdi El-Bannany
Keyword(s):  
Market Structure ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Accounting Conservatism ◽  
Bank Profitability ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to determine the factors influencing the accounting conservatism for banks in the UAE over the period 2006-2013. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple regression analysis is used to test the relationship between accounting conservatism as a dependent variable and the independent variables intellectual capital performance, market structure, level of protection against risk, bank size, and bank profitability. The results indicate that intellectual capital performance, market structure, bank size, the level of protection against risk and bank profitability have significant impact on the accounting conservatism for banks in the UAE. These results might help the banking and accounting regulators to address the factors affecting accounting conservatism. This study adds to the literature on the determinants of accounting conservatism in banks. In particular, it tests whether the new theories of intellectual capital performance, market structure and level of protection against risk have an impact on accounting conservatism in the banking industry in the UAE.

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